Best of December to you!

Tis the season... cookies, dinners, parties, gifts and good friends.

I am focused on family and friends for the remainder of the month. While showing my love is a regular event, my baking and socializing does ramp up as Christmas, Kwanza and Channukah draw closer. All my circles are celebrating December.

Send me your questions and comments; I will read them and respond. See you in the new year (2020!) with cheer and sunshine.

Networking to-do for year end

December

Why waste an opportunity to say thank you? For those of you who find it awkward, December helps create the expectation that you will reach out:

1.    Make a list of everyone to thank/re-thank for their support this year.

2.    Decide if an email, card, e-card, phone call or gift is best. (Default is a card as it shows thought and time)

3.    Block 30 min ea. day to create the "thanks". 

4.    Get it all distributed by mid-Dec. latest.

Growing your network is not as important as maintaining it, otherwise it's nothing but a ripple that will slowly diminish the farther out it spreads.

End of Year

The shortest and quietest time.

1 – Google yourself

What’s out in the nether-space about you? Do you know? Check news, photos, and web.

2 – Send a start-the-year note to your larger communities

It’s paper-saving and acceptable to send personalized emails in place of cards to those in your outer circles. Let them know you remember who they are and include a link or article that might contribute to their new year’s thoughts.

3 – Clean up your inbox

Respond to those emails and invitations or delete them. 

4 – Update your skills and accomplishments

In LinkedIn or your resume or anywhere you have a profile that matters to you.

5 – Enjoy a little time that has no purpose but to refresh you